Night light



March 27, 1934. TAMQL 1,952,783

NIGHT LIGHT Filed Feb. 25, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l d2 TamaZf March 27, 1934. TAMOL 1,952,783

NIGHT LIGHT Filed Feb. 23, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 awe/144 0 0 a. TamoZ,

Patented Mar. 27, 1934 l a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 23, 1933, Serial No. 658,223

6 Claims. (01. 240-81) This invention relates to a night light. through the shell and engages a nut 26 fixed on It is aimed to provide an ornamental and comthe section 20. The said lamp 14 is directly depact construction which may be hung on a wall or tachably connected in a socket 27 secured rigidly supported on a fiat surface, may be tilted to any on the plate 13, for instance, by means of pins desired angle, and is adjustable so as to give a 23 detachably coacting with bayonet slots 29 of bright, dim or intermediate light so that current the socket. Thus all of the parts within the bell consumption may be reduced to a minimum. shell S are a unit or connected together and may The more specific objects and advantages will be removed through the detachment of the in part be pointed out and otherwise become apscrew 25.

:10' parent from a consideration of the description The electric current is supplied from any suitfollowing taken in connection with accompanying able source, for instance, by plugging into a house drawings illustrating an operative embodiment. lighting circuit, through wires 30 which pass up- In said drawings: wardly through the base 10, the post 11 and Figure 1 is a front elevation of the light or through the trunnion 16, and opening 31 in the .15 lamp, frame section 20 and thence being connected Figure 2 is an elevation taken at a right angle to the primary of the transformer 22. to Figure 1 with adjusted-positions of the lamp In a suitable support of insulation 32 a switch suggested in dotted lines, and rheostat shaft 33 is journaled. Support 32 Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on an enhas a contact 34 connected thereto to which a 20 larged scale taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, conductor 35 leads from the, secondary of the Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on transformer. Another conductor 36 from the the line 4-4 of Figure 3, secondary of the transformer is grounded or Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on connected to the socket 27. Resistance 38 suitthe line 5-5 of Figure 3, ably supported on the frame section 20, is con- 25 Figure 6 is a detail section taken on the line nected with various turns of the winding of the 66 of Figure 3, secondary of the transformer 22 and is engage- Figure '7 is a detail section taken on the line able by a conducting finger 39 rigidly carried by 7-7 of Figure 3, the rod or shaft 33 and disposed in contact with Figure 8 is a detail section taken on the line the contact 34. Thuswhen the shaft 33 is op- 30' 8-8 of Figure 1, and erated it will throw more or less resistance into Figure 9 is a detail section taken on the line the circuit, to render the lamp 14 dull or bright 9--9 of Figure l. or at an intermediate stage. A conductor 40 Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 desigleading from the resistance extends to a contact .nates a suitable base from which rise hollow posts 41 carried by a movable disk 42 of insulation,

35 11 and 12, secured to the base by screws or like as urged outwardly by an expansive spring 43. at 12 so that the various parts may be assem- Such disk is within the socket 27 and the contact bled and detached. 41 is engageable by a central contact 14 of the A hollow, bell-shaped shell is disposed between lamp 14 while the shell 44 of such lamp engages the posts 11 and 12 and across its bottom carries a the socket 2'7 to form the other side of the circuit.

40' light deflecting or diffusing plate 13 which in turn The shaft 33 has a disk 45 thereon of insulation supports an electric light 14, the upper wall of which is cut away centrally at 46 and formed the base opposite the same preferably being dewith diametric slots 47 leading therefrom. A repressed or concave, as at 15, to aid in deflecting movable shaft section 50 passes through the trunor difiusing the light. nion 17, having a pin 51 adapted to detachably 45 The shell S has hollow trunnions 16 and 17 engage inthe slots 47. Section 50 has ashoulder respectively journaled in openings at 18 and 19, 52 thereon which is engaged by a sleeve 53 telerespectively, of the posts 11 and 12. scoping over the section 50 and into the trunnion Within the shell S is a skeleton body made up and held in place by a screw 54. A manipulatof upper and lower frame sections 20 and 21 being knob 55 is secured to the sleeve by a set 50' tween which a transformer 22 is disposed, such screw 56.

sections and transformer being connected to- A cross rod or handle 57 has terminal socket gether as by means of bolts 23. The limbs of portions 58 and 59 which telescope over the upper section 21 as at 24 are soldered or in any other ends of the posts 11 and 12 and are secured thereway connected to the plate 13 and the section 20 to by set screws 60. The rod 57 serves as a handle 55 is secured to the shell by a screw 25 which passes for carrying or moving the device, and also limits they fall within the spirit and scope of the inswinging movement of the bell S to the position shown in Figure 2 so as to prevent breaking of the wires 30.

In order to provide a brake or means to hold the bell S at any angle to which it may be swung, a bifurcated brake member 61 as best shown in Figures 3 and 6 straddles the trunnion 17. One arm of the brake member extends into a recess 62 of the socket 59 and the brake is urged into engagement with the trunnion 17 by means of an expansive spring 63 thereon abutting the brake and the socket member 59.

The lamp may be supported with the base 10 on a fiat table or the like or the latter may be disposed vertically as on a wall, a hook or the equivalent being provided at 64 to engage a nail, hook or the like on the wall. During shipment, or when the lamp is not in use, the electric wires may be coiled and contained within the hollow base 10.

The rheostat means described enables any desired candle-power variation, for instance from two candle-power to eight candle-power and vice versa.

Various changes may be resorted to provided verition.

f claim as my invention: -1. A lamp of the class described, comprising a base having a concavity for deflecting light rays,

posts extending from the base, a cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having trunnions journaled in the posts, a concaved reflector on said shell oppositely disposed to the first concavity, a

-, lamp carried by the concave reflector, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp,

said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell.

2. A lamp of the class described, comprising a base, posts extending therefrom, a concave reflecting surface on said base between said posts, a cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having trunnions journaled in the posts, a concave reflector on said shell oppositely disposed to the first concave reflecting surface, a lamp carried by the last mentioned concave reflector, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp, said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell, a brake'member in one of the posts engaging one of the trunnions, and expansive spring means Within the latter post urging braking movement of the braking member.

3. A lamp of the class described having a base, posts extending therefrom, a cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having trunnions journaled in the posts, a lamp carried by the shell, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp, said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell, said cross rod having sockets engaging the ends of the posts, one of said sockets having a slot, a bifurcated brake member straddling one of the trunnions and located in one of the posts, said brake member having a portion extending into said slot, and an expansive spring engaging the brake member and the adjacent socket.

4. A lamp of the class described having a base, posts extending therefrom, a cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having trunnions journaled in the posts, a lamp carried by the shell, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp, said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell, a transformer in the circuit and located within the shell, a rheostat associated with the transformer having an operating shaft.

5. A lamp of the class described having a base, posts extending therefrom, a cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having trunnions journaled in the posts, a lamp carried by the shell, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp, said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell, a transformer in the circuit and located Within the shell, a rheostat associated with the transformer having an operating shaft, means on'said shaft having slots, a detachable shaft section having a rod disposable in said slot, and means to'secure the rod section in one of the trunnions.

6. A lamp ofthe class described having a base, posts extending therefromya cross rod connecting the posts, a shell having'trunnions journaled in the posts, a lamp carried by the shell, conductors extending through one of the posts to the lamp, said cross rod serving to limit the movement of the shell, an upper frame section within the shell, means cletachably securingthe sameto the shell, a lower frame section within the shell, a transformer between the sections, means securing the transformer and sections together, a light diffusing plate carried by the lower section, and a lamp carried by said plate.

ADAM TAMOL. 

